Dadgummit. Here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery. I don't know what or if there is any kind of 'average' amount of serious injuries per organization, but it seems like the odds would say that if you have any kind of prospect depth at all--and the Twins do--that a season ending injury like this is bound to happen. Wander drew the short straw; let's hope it is the only one.

That's unfortunate. Hoping for a full recovery for him. Injuries really test the patience of young athletes. Having watched my daughter come back from a displaced elbow fracture the past several months, I can imagine the disappointment and frustration that he will have to get through the rest of the year. Good luck to him.

He might be recovered already if they'd done the procedure at the end of last season.
Yes, i understand that surgery is a major thing. And no, I'm not suggesting they forcibly operate on some one. But they almost always end up needing the surgery anyways, and miss an extra season as well.

Dang, I would have hoped that labrum surgery on a non-throwing arm would not require such a long recovery. I feel bad for the young man.

I wrote a blog post that discusses some of this topic. Please feel free to review if you'd like. Non-throwing shoulders are preferable (if you had to pick one), but still see significant stress when batting.

He might be recovered already if they'd done the procedure at the end of last season.
Yes, i understand that surgery is a major thing. And no, I'm not suggesting they forcibly operate on some one. But they almost always end up needing the surgery anyways, and miss an extra season as well.

I agree that this would have been the ideal situation. But I can tell you from experience that in many cases (perhaps the majority) the decision to opt for surgery is far from clear. And the return to play rate from labrum surgery in baseball is not 100% (though I suspect it is better for non-throwing shoulders than it is for throwing shoulders). It always seems like an easier call with the benefit of hindsight.

I wrote a blog post that discusses some of this topic. Please feel free to review if you'd like. Non-throwing shoulders are preferable (if you had to pick one), but still see significant stress when batting.

Very disappointing - no injury and surgery is an automatic good healing. I am struggling with a surgery that I thought would be better and heal quicker than it has.Each of us is different that way.I can only hope that Javier has great luck.